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PROSPECTUS DATED 15 March 2018 BANCA CARIGE S.P.A. — CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI GENOVA E IMPERIA €5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme Arranger and Dealer UBS Investment Bank - 1 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION This prospectus (the "Prospectus" or the "Base Prospectus") comprises a base prospectus in respect of all Notes (as defined below) other than Exempt Notes (as defined below) issued under the Programme (as defined below) for the purposes of article 5.4 of Directive 2003/71/EC as amended (the "Prospectus Directive") and for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Issuer (as defined below) and the Issuer and its subsidiaries and affiliates taken as a whole ("Banca Carige Group" or the "Group") which, according to the particular nature of the Issuer and the Notes, is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profit and losses and prospects of the Issuer. The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Prospectus and the Final Terms for each Tranche (as defined under "Terms and Conditions of the Notes") of Notes issued under the Programme. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. This Prospectus must be read and construed together with any supplements hereto and with any information incorporated by reference herein and, in relation to any Tranche of Notes which is the subject of Final Terms (as defined below), must be read and construed together with the relevant Final Terms. In the case of a Tranche of Notes which is the subject of a Drawdown Prospectus (as defined below), each reference in this Prospectus to information being specified or identified in the relevant Final Terms shall be read and construed as a reference to such information being specified or identified in the relevant Drawdown Prospectus unless the context requires otherwise. The requirement to publish a prospectus under the Prospectus Directive only applies to Notes which are to be admitted to trading on a regulated market in the European Economic Area and/or offered to the public in the European Economic Area other than in circumstances where an exemption is available under article 3.2 of the Prospectus Directive (as implemented in the relevant Member State(s)). References in this Prospectus to "Exempt Notes" are to Notes for which no prospectus is required to be published under the Prospectus Directive. The CSSF has neither approved nor reviewed information contained in this Prospectus in connection with Exempt Notes. Under the Euro Medium Term Note Programme described in this Prospectus (the "Programme"), Banca Carige S.p.A. - Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia ("Banca Carige", "Carige", the "Issuer", the "Bank", the "Parent Bank", the "Company" or the "Parent Company"), subject to compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and directives, may from time to time issue Euro Medium Term Notes (the "Notes"). The aggregate nominal amount of Notes outstanding will not at any time exceed €5,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies). Application has been made to the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the "CSSF") in its capacity as competent authority under the Luxembourg Act dated 10 July 2005 relating to prospectuses for securities (the "Prospectus Act 2005"), for the approval of this Prospectus as a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive. The CSSF assumes no responsibility for the economic and financial soundness of the transactions contemplated by this Prospectus or the quality or solvency of the Issuer in accordance with article 7(7) of the Prospectus Act 2005. Application has also been made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for Notes issued under the Programme for the period of 12 months from the date of this Prospectus to be listed on the Official List and admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Such market is a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments. References in this Prospectus to Notes being listed (and all related references) shall mean that such Notes have been admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's regulated market and have been admitted to the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Issuer may also issue unlisted Notes and/or Notes not admitted to trading on any market. The applicable Final Terms in respect of the issue of any Notes will specify whether or not such Notes will be listed on the Official List and traded on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (or any other stock exchange). The Issuer may agree with any Dealer that Notes other than Exempt Notes may be issued in a form not contemplated by the Terms and Conditions of the Notes, in which event a supplement to the Prospectus or a new Prospectus will be made available which will describe the effect of the agreement reached in relation to such Notes. - 2 - Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and certain other information which is applicable to each Tranche of Notes will (other than in the case of Exempt Notes, as defined above) be set out in a final terms document (the "Final Terms") or in a separate prospectus specific to such Tranche (the "Drawdown Prospectus", as described under "Supplement to the Prospectus" below) which, with respect to all Notes other than Exempt Notes will be filed with the CSSF. Copies of Final Terms in relation to Notes to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange will also be published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu). In the case of Exempt Notes, notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and certain other information which is applicable to each Tranche will be set out in a pricing supplement document (the "Pricing Supplement"). The Issuer has been rated "B-" by Fitch Ratings Limited ("Fitch") and "Caa2" by Moody's Investor Service Limited ("Moody's"). Each of such rating agencies is established in the European Union and is registered under the Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended) (the "CRA Regulation"). As such each of Fitch and Moody's is included in the list of credit ratings agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on its website (at http://www.esma.europa.eu/page/List-registered-and-certified-CRAs) in accordance with the CRA Regulation. Notes issued under the Programme may be rated or unrated by any one or more of the rating agencies referred to above. Where a Tranche of Notes is rated, such rating will be disclosed in the Final Terms (or Pricing Supplement, in the case of Exempt Notes) and will not necessarily be the same as the rating(s) described above or the rating(s) assigned to Notes already issued. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each Series (as defined under "Terms and Conditions of the Notes") of Notes in bearer form will be represented on issue by a temporary global note in bearer form (each a "Temporary Global Note") or a permanent global note in bearer form (each a "Permanent Global Note"). If the global notes (the "Global Notes") are stated in the applicable Final Terms to be issued in new global note (NGN) form, the Global Notes will be delivered on or prior to the original issue date of the relevant Tranche to a common safekeeper (the "Common Safekeeper") for Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. ("Euroclear") and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme ("Clearstream, Luxembourg") (the "Common Depositary"). Notes in registered form will be represented by registered certificates (each a "Certificate"), one Certificate being issued in respect of each Noteholder's entire holding of Registered Notes of one Series. Registered Notes issued in global form will be represented by registered global certificates ("Global Certificates"). If a Global Certificate is held under the New Safekeeping Structure ("NSS") the Global Certificate will be delivered on or prior to the original issue date of the relevant Tranche to a Common Safekeeper for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. Global Notes which are not issued in NGN form ("Classic Global Notes" or "CGNs") and Global Certificates which are not held under the NSS may be deposited on the issue date of the relevant Tranche with (i) a common depositary on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream (the "Common Depositary") or (ii) any other agreed clearing system. The provisions governing the exchange of interests in Global Notes for other Global Notes and definitive Notes are described in "Overview of Provisions Relating to the Notes While in Global Form". As more fully set out in "Terms and Conditions of the Notes – Taxation" and subject to the exceptions therein provided, additional amounts will not be payable to holders of the Notes or of the interest coupons appertaining to the Notes with respect to any withholding or deduction pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree No. 239 of 1 April 1996 ("Decree No. 239") (as amended or supplemented) and related regulations of implementation which have been or may subsequently be enacted. In addition, certain other exceptions to the obligation of the Issuer to pay additional amounts to holders of the Notes with respect to the imposition of withholding or deduction from payments relating to the Notes also apply, as more fully set out in "Terms and Conditions of the Notes – Taxation".